CORONATION SET FOR JUNE 22, AND IT’S FREE TO ATTEND
RUNAWAY BAY, St Ann; May 27, 2025
Eight young ladies from St Ann have been sashed and entered as contestants in the Miss St Ann Festival Queen Competition, sponsored by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC).
The St Ann Queen, to be crowned next month, will go on to represent the parish in the Miss Jamaica Festival Queen Competition and seek to become the national Festival Queen for 2025. The sashing was held on Thursday, May 15, at Holiday Haven Resort, Runaway Bay. The coronation is set for June 22 at a venue to be announced. Entry is free.
(Onecia Henry, the 2024 St. Ann Festival Queen, center, 5th from left, stands among this year’s St Ann contestants)
Here are the names of the contestants, in the order they were sashed, and their sponsors’ names
- Miss Dannequa Brown – Beauty Statement Salon
- Miss Deveta Dowling – Jewellery Junction
- Miss Aleith Codner – Square One Supermarket
- Miss Keshaunna Watkis – New Wave Motor Sales
- Miss Anishka Parish – Double D Promotions
- Miss Deinele Ingram – Tents N’ More
- Miss Athalia Bennett – New Windsor Pharmacy
- Miss Edrika Jarrett – Acid Protective Services
Miss Onecia Henry, the 2024 St. Ann Festival Queen, was in attendance. Sponsors at the sashing were: Collen Hoilett-Virgo, Beauty Statement Salon; Constancia James-Brown – Jewellery Junction; Marjorie Shand – Square One Supermarket and Natalie Murray-Ellis – New Windsor Pharmacy
